Viewership dips for NBC’s live showing of ‘Hairspray’

So you might be waiting a little while longer, but Hulu is the only place where you’ll be able to stream Hairspray Live!

Jennifer Hudson left everyone speechless with her fantastic rendition of “I Know Where I’ve Been” during the ‘Hairspray Live!’ show on December 7. Finally, Maddie Baillio will debut as Tracy Turnblad herself.

Hairspray Live tells the story of Tracy Turnblad, a teenager in 1960s Baltimore who wins a role on a local TV show.

“Live commercials” (apparently seen as a throwback to the time of the musical) leading into regular commercials was also uncomfortable. The experiment paid off in a big way for NBC, drawing more than 18 million viewers that night. The live musical production was a huge success if social media comments are a gauge. I am careful as to what I download or play on my devices and I take my time and do research for every game.

Unsurprisingly, more shows quickly followed.

This live musical has stars from nearly every area of entertainment.

Again, “Hairspray Live” airs Wednesday night at 8:00 on TV-17. That show reached 11.5 million people.

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But something more than the appeal of presently popular actors is behind the musicals’ successes. “And for this musical, it kind of lends itself to that similar style, I suppose”.

“These are real classics”, he says of the shows chosen so far.

In TV productions of “Sound of Music”, “Peter Pan”, “The Wiz” and “Grease“, the standouts were all of Broadway stock: Laura Benanti, Audra McDonald, Christian Borle, David Alan Grier, Aaron Tveit and Vanessa Hudgens. “These are big mainstream hits that already have been pre-sold by their position in the culture”.

“It’s that time of year”. “The makeup department has already decided they’re going to do waterproof makeup on everything”, costume designer Mary Vogt told Us Weekly and other reporters October 27, while noting, ironically, “our hairdresser is talking about special hairspray that will hold hair more than usual”.

“I do dance a bit in it”, Hough revealed.

The live broadcast recreated the ’60s in an authentic manner. The three-hour teleplay was penned by Harvey Fierstein, who also featured in the play, and was directed by Live television director Alex Rudzinski accompanied by director Kenny Leon. “Here, you need to very much give up all control” except over one’s own performance, Fierstein said.

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